Veterinary tool



No. 609,587. Patented Aug. 23, I898.

J..F. MDANULTY & P. VAN DEN BERGHE. VETERINARY TOOL.

(Application filed Mar. 11, 1898.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES Gate/ 4..

UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

J OIIN F. MCANULTY AND PETER VAN DEN BERGIIE, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

VETERINARY TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,587, dated August 23, 1898.

Application filed March 11, I898. Serial No. 673,546. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN F. MCANULTY and PETER VAN DEN BERGHE, c-itizens of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Veterinary Tools, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

Our invention consists of an improved construction of veterinary tool which is capable of being put to a variety of usessuch as a hoof tester, a 'clench cutter, a hammer, a punch, and a file-the portion of the tool which is employed as a hoof-tester being capable of being opened to the desired Width and readily adjusted, the above tool being made in sec tions which can be readily taken apart and put together Without the employment of nuts or bolts, and said tool being further applicable for the general use of horsemen in case of emergencies for putting on or removing shoes.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a Veterinary tool embodying our invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of a portion of one of the members of the tool in detached position. Fig. 3 represents a view showing the joint or connection between the members of the tool whereby the different sections or members can be readily connected ordisconnected without the employment of nuts or bolts.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a veterinary tool, the same consisting of the members or sections B and C, said members being pivotally attached to each other by means of a joint formed of the pin D, which has the head or wings E, the latter passing through a similarly-shaped opening F in the member B and said wings being seated in a recess G in said member B when the parts are assembled.

H and J designate the jaws of the tool, said jaws being especially applicable for useas hoof-testers, the jaw H-being provided with the flattened portion K and the recesses or serrations L, while the jaw J is provided with the V-shaped recess M and the serrations N, the function of which will be hereinafter referred to.

P and Q designate hammer-heads on the outer curved or bulged portion of the jaws J and H, respectively, whereby said jaws are enabled to serve as a hammer.

R designates a lip or lug, preferably located within one of the jaws, as J, and adapted to be engaged by a portion of a rope, whereby the user is permitted to twist on said rope, which latter may be first applied to the nose of a'fractious horse, the operator being enabled bythe employment ofthe section 0, which it will be understood has been disengaged from the section B, to hold the head of the horse away at arms-length and at the same time to apply the necessary torsion to the rope.

R and S designate, respectively, the handles of the members B and C, the handle R being provided with the head T and the punch V, which is especially adapted for the removal of any broken nail in' the hoof or shoe of a horse or for a similar purpose, while the handle S is provided with the head U and the clench-cutter W, which is adapted for cutting the clenched nail in the hoof. The handle S has a portion which is thickened and fiattened and provided with teeth, preferably on its outer portion, as at X, whereby the said portion X is capable of being used as a file or rasp, as .is evident.

The operation is as follows: The tool, as seen in Fig. 1, being in assembled position, it will be evident that the jaws H and J can be employed as a hoof-tester for pinching a horses hoof to ascertain the sensitiveness thereof in case of lameness. The abutting portions of the jaws H and J can be used to twist off the ends of the nail after the latter has been driven through the shoe and wall of the hoof or as pincers for removing a shoe, while the serrations on the abutting portions of the jaws enable the operator to take a firm hold of the object grasped. When the sections or members of the tool are disconnected, which can be readily done by turning said members until the wings E are in alinement with their corresponding recesses F, the punch V can be utilized, the same being rendered operative by striking the head T with the hammer-head P of the section 0. In like manner the cl ench-cutter W can be operated for the usual purposes after cutting olf the clenched nail in the hoof by placing the portion W at the desired point and striking the head U with the hammer-head Q.

The member 0, when in disconnected position, as seen in Fig. 2, is capable of being used as a file or rasp, and the lip or lugR, as has been explained, is adapted to catch a portion of rope twisted around the nose of an unruly horse, whereby it will be seen that the tension on the rope can be increased or diminished according to requirements and the horse controlled.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing that our invention is especially applicable to horsemen or veterinarians, since it is capable of a great variety of uses which have been already enumerated and for which heretofore two or more implements have been employed,

. and it can be cheaply manufactured and is not liable to get out of order.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A veterinary tool comprising a plurality of members pivotally connected, jaws on said members adapted to be employed as hooftesters and having their ends flattened, one of said ends being provided with the portion K having the recesses or serrations L on either side thereof, and the other of said ends having a recess M and serrations N on either side thereof.

2. A veterinary tool consisting of the members B and O pivotally attached to each other, each member being provided with jaws having their ends flattened, one of said ends having the portion K and the recesses or serrations L on either side thereof, the other end having a V-shaped recess M and serrations N on either side thereof, and a lip or lug R located within one of the jaws and adapted to be engaged by a rope.

3. A veterinary tool comprising a plurality of members pivotally connected, means for disconnecting said members according to requirements, one of said members being provided with teeth adapted for use as a file, jaws on said members flattened at their ends, one of said jaws provided with recesses or serrations L, and the other jaw with the V- shaped recess M and serrations N, hammerheads on the outer bulged portion of said jaws, a lip or lug R within one of said jaws adapted to be engaged bya rope, and a head and punch carried by one of said members, in combination with a head and clench-cutter carried by the other of said members.

JOHN F. MCANULTY. PETER-VAN DEN BERGHE.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. WIEDERSHEIM, E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS. 

